I've seen this happen. It's pathetic.
I once had an individual insult my EOD unit by saying it was full of perverts, I agreed and explained that those are the good guys in it.
They were drunk and got in a fight, yes?
I worked in the Corps of Engineers with a woman whose last name was Bowersox.
The rest of the story. Gee, I missed the part about the argument before the fight back when it happened. Not that I think that removes any responsibility from the guy.
I remember this story. It was originally reported that the soldier was beat-up by an unidentified anti-war protester (or at least that's my memory of it).
Thug
Victim
I served in the Army and in the Navy (Honorable Discharges from both, BTW) and the insults traded with members of other branches were always friendly. At least that was my experience. We always knew we were on the same team.